The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-05


do II they only had an opportunity.
MY sister, you need not wait for any
such time. A crisis will come In your
affairs. There will be q Thermopy q
10 your own household where God
will tell you to siand. There are
scores End hundreds Of house holds TO.
day where as much bravery and cour.
age ara demanded OF woman az was
exhibited by Grace Darling, or Marie
Antoinette, or Joan Of Arc.
Again, remark, II is woman q right
10 bring 10 rs The kingdom OF II aven.
Il 10 easier for woman to he Chris.
tisn than for man. Wbyf You saw
she is weaker. No. Her heart Is
more responsive to the pleadings Of
divine love. She Is In vast msjority.
The fact that she can more easily be.
come . Christian, prove by the state.
mont that three.fourths oil the men,
bers Of the churches In all christen.
dom are women. 30 God spp,ints
them 10 be the chief agencies for
bringing this world back to God. I
may stand here and cay the soul is i'm.
mortal. There Is Q man who will re,
iu,e H. may sand here q ID say We
sre lost ard undone without Christ.
There Ia Q man who will rsfute It. L
may stand here and say there will be
Judgment day alter awhile. Yondsr
10 some ono who will refute II. Blu.
Christian woman In q Christian
household, living Ia the faith and tee
consistency Of Chris!s gsspel--nobody
ca relate that. The z eslest sermons
are not preached on celebrated plat.
forms; they are preached with an au.
diencs OF two or three, and In private
home life. A consistent, consecrsted
Chris ian service Ia an unaptwsr.
able demonstration Of Gods
truth. A esilor came slipping
down the Tatlins one night,
as though something bad happened,
and q - sailors cried: whats the
mAtterf He said: "My mothers
prayers haun. me Ike ghost" Home
influences, co asscrated. Christian
home " A FENCES, are the m ghties. OF
all iGhueGces upon the soul. There
are men here today who hsvs ma n
tanned their integrity, not bscau %
they were ary better na'u'aliy than |
some other people, but because there |
were home Influences praying for |
them all the time. They got good |
start. They we're launched ON the |
world with the cancellations OF a
Christian mother. They may track
Siberian enows, they may p unge In
African jangles, they may Hy TO tho
tsrth's end-ihey cannot 20 90 far and
10 fast but the prayers will keep up
with them.
l stand before women today who
have the eternal salvation OF their
husbands 10 their right hand. On the
marriage day You took IN oath before
men and angels that you would be
faithful and kind until death did you
part; and L believe you are going 10
kesp that oath. But after that
parting al the door OF the
grave. will II be On eternal sspara-
tionf lie there any such thing NJ an
immortal marriage, making the dow.
ep that grow on the top Of the
sepulohre bhshter than the gar
lsnds which at the marriage banq ust
flooded the air with sromsf Yes,Il
stand here "A q priest Of the most high
ood 10 proclaim the banps OF an i'm.
mortal union for all those Who Din
hands In the grace Of Christ. o,
woman, 10 your husband, your father,
your 10, away from Godf The L.rd
demands their redemption ut your
hands. There are prayers for you to
offer, there are eIhnr atoms Tor you
TO give, there are examples for you TO
Get, aud / cay now, ne Paul said TO the
Corinthisn woman: "What knowest
thou, O woman, but thou csnsl save
thy busband1"
A man was dying aud he said 10 his
vile: "Rebeo,, you wouldn't Let ms
have family prayers, and you laughed
about all hat. and You GIT mo away
iuto vvrldliness, and now am going
TO die aud my fate 10 sealed, ard You
are the cause Of my ruin" o..
woman, what knowest thou hut thou
canst destroy thy hushaudf Are there
mob rome here who have kindly In.
fueuoes at homef Are there not
come here who have wandered far
away from God, who can remember |
the Christian Influences In their early
homsi Do not despise those in. |
flencfs, my brother. II you die |
without Christ, what will You do with |
your mo'her's prayere, with your
wis's impoituuiti6s, with your sisters |
entftaties7 What will you do with |
the Letters they used 10 write to you,
With the memory Of those days when |
they attended you 40 kindly Ia times
OF ticknessf On, II thors ne just one
strand holding YOU from floating of on
that dark sea, / would lust Ike, this
morning, 10 take hold OF that strand
and pull you 10 the beach. For the
sake OF your wife God, Tor the sake
OF your m Mothers God, for the sake Of
your daughters God. come this day
and be- naved.
Lastly. 1 wish 10 ray that one oil the
specific rights Of woman Ia, through
the grace OF Christ, faally 10 reach |
heaven. o, what q multitude a
women In heavebl Mary, Ohris.'s
mother, In heaven; Elisabeth Fry In
heaven; Charlotte Elisabeth In
heaven; the mother OF Augustine In
heaven; the Oountess OF Hunting don,
who sold her splendid jewels 10
build chapele. In heaven while greal
many Others who have never been
heard a on earth, or known but lit
tie, have gone into the rest and peace
OF heaven. What resti What O
change II was from the small room,
with no Are and one window. the
glass broken out, and the aching aide,
and worn out eyes, the "hOu Q OF
many mansilntl No more stitching
until ~ O'Clock at night, no more
thiusting Of the thumb by the en-
ployer through the work 20 show II
vas not done quito right Plenty OF
bread At last. Heaven for aching
heads. Heaven for broken
hearts Heaven for anguish.b item
iramea No more sitting up n it'll mid.
night for the coming Of staggering
steps. No mora rough boss across
tbs temp o.. No more sharp, keen,
bitter curses. Some OF you will have
no res in this world. II will be toll
and struggle and suffering all the way
mp. You will have to stand al Your
dNoF htino haek iha Will With vour